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The Shootist is the greatest last movie for a star.
Posted on 5/15/21 at 11:41 pm
Posted on 5/15/21 at 11:41 pm
Wayne didn't have cancer when it was filmed, but it perfectly tells his story.
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Posted on 5/15/21 at 11:43 pm to tossedoff
The Duke is who we all should emulate when smoking cigs. Only used one match a day for his first cig, lit the rest of his 6 packs a day with the previous cig.
Posted on 5/15/21 at 11:48 pm to tossedoff
A few other nominees:
Randolph Scott, Ride The High Country -- it was going to be Joel McCrea's too, but he made a couple of appearances 10-15 years later
Edward G. Robinson, Soylent Green
Randolph Scott, Ride The High Country -- it was going to be Joel McCrea's too, but he made a couple of appearances 10-15 years later
Edward G. Robinson, Soylent Green
Posted on 5/15/21 at 11:57 pm to tossedoff
quote:FWIW it wasn't intended to be -- Wayne had other projects he wanted to make. He even offered Ron Howard a role in one while they were making The Shootist.
The Shootist is the greatest last movie for a star
Posted on 5/16/21 at 12:02 am to Kafka
Edward G. Robinson, in Soylent Green is my pick.
Watch the scene were he is dying, and realize he dead that day or a few days later.
Edward filmed the movie knowing he only had a little time left.
Edward G. Robinson is the most underrated actor or one of the most underrated, along with Paul Muni.
Watch the scene were he is dying, and realize he dead that day or a few days later.
Edward filmed the movie knowing he only had a little time left.
Edward G. Robinson is the most underrated actor or one of the most underrated, along with Paul Muni.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 12:13 am to tossedoff
Bela Lugosi in Plan 9 From Outer Space.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 12:16 am to tossedoff
A few other opinions:
James Dean -Giant
Clark Gable -The Misfits
Oliver Reed. -Gladiator
Would like to make a case for Peter Finch in Network, but I thought the film overrated.
James Dean -Giant
Clark Gable -The Misfits
Oliver Reed. -Gladiator
Would like to make a case for Peter Finch in Network, but I thought the film overrated.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 12:20 am to tossedoff
Another contender is Spencer Tracy, who was nominated for an Oscar for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and passed away just days after production ended.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 12:27 am to Amadeo
quote:I thought the OP was going for the most fitting role, not just a guy who made a movie and then dropped dead
A few other opinions:
James Dean -Giant
Clark Gable -The Misfits
Oliver Reed. -Gladiator
Would like to make a case for Peter Finch in Network, but I thought the film overrated
and FWIW I also think Network is overrated (and Giant too, aside from Dean's early scenes, for that matter; I've never seen Gladiator)
Posted on 5/16/21 at 12:49 am to tossedoff
Raul Julia--Street Fighter
Posted on 5/16/21 at 1:22 am to tossedoff
The Last Movie Star - Burt Reynolds
Posted on 5/16/21 at 9:03 pm to tossedoff
He was pretty ill, a lung had been removed, heart issues.
“The actor had had a lung removed twelve years earlier and was now struggling with the stomach cancer that would eventually lead to his death in 1979.”
“The actor had had a lung removed twelve years earlier and was now struggling with the stomach cancer that would eventually lead to his death in 1979.”
Posted on 5/16/21 at 9:20 pm to Amadeo
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Would like to make a case for Peter Finch in Network, but I thought the film overrated.
Let's set aside our differences about the film and focus on, particularly, the key performances - Dunaway, Finch and Holden - we can agree they all hit home runs can we not?
And the supporting cast was amazing - Straight, Duvall and Beatty gave outstanding performances (although not unusual for that group, either).
Posted on 5/16/21 at 9:21 pm to Kafka
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I've never seen Gladiator
It's not great history, but it is great film.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 9:23 pm to Ace Midnight
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And the supporting cast was amazing - Straight, Duvall and Beatty gave outstanding performances (although not unusual for that group, either).
I hope somebody somewhere is writing at least one more great western that ends up being Duvall’s final movie.
Hopefully he has years of movies left, but I hope he goes out with a great western.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 9:25 pm to Sus-Scrofa
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Hopefully he has years of movies left, but I hope he goes out with a great western.
He's literally 90 - the same age as Eastwood and Shatner. That great shot clock in the sky runs against every single one of us.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 9:43 pm to tossedoff
Wayne's death led to my parents meeting for the first time.
My Dad had lowered the flag to half-mast atop a Famous Barr where he worked that day, got in trouble because of it and sent to the Managers/HR office where my Mom was the assistant. Asked her if she wanted to go to a concert the next day.
My Dad had lowered the flag to half-mast atop a Famous Barr where he worked that day, got in trouble because of it and sent to the Managers/HR office where my Mom was the assistant. Asked her if she wanted to go to a concert the next day.
This post was edited on 5/16/21 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 5/16/21 at 9:51 pm to tossedoff
I was gonna say Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, but I overlooked his actual last film, The Imagination of Dr. Parnassus, which I had never even heard of. Had a pretty good cast too. 
Posted on 5/16/21 at 10:17 pm to Frac the world
Burgess Meredith in Grumpier Old Men.
Got laid, got to sing a song to his granddaughter, and his last scene was The Bacon Story.
Can’t end your career on a higher note than that.
Got laid, got to sing a song to his granddaughter, and his last scene was The Bacon Story.
Can’t end your career on a higher note than that.
Posted on 5/17/21 at 7:22 am to Kafka
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Oliver Reed. -Gladiator
I believe he died during the production.
He was pretty out of control most of his career until the very end and was always up for a drink.
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